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Crush by Eve Ainsworth

Love hurts ... but should
it hurt this much? Reeling from her mum's sudden departure, Anna finds
the comfort she needs in her blossoming relationship with Will. He's
handsome and loving, everything Anna has always dreamt of. He's also
moody and unpredictable, pushing her away from her friends, her music.
He wants her to be his and his alone. He wants her to be perfect. Anna's
world is closing in. But threatening everything is a dark secret that
not even Will can control... Eve Ainsworth's gripping second novel is a
pitch-perfect exploration of love at its most powerful, addictive and
destructive

I
really did enjoy Eve's previous book and was very much looking forward
to seeing what she did next. I think this latest title is stronger and
made me even more excited for what she writes next.

For me the
thing I like about Eve's books is that they are so authentic. The
characters feel real and their experiences feel genuine. It did mean
that in this case I read much of this book feeling so much of the main
character as the intensity of a first lovely came across. Anna is the
girl at school we all knew. The girl who fell for a boy and was just
completely wrapped up in it that it didn't matter that it made her lose
track of her friends and family. The girl who kept being smitten even
though things weren't quite right and just found excuses for the things
that weren't right even though they really should have just got out.

This book is intense and raw perfectly capturing that all consuming feeling of a first love.